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"In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary.” ― Arvo Pärt
Icelandic band goes dark
You could count the number of famous music acts to come out of Iceland on one hand– there's Bjork, her band The Sugarcubes, folk group...

Charlottesvlle pretentious? Mon Dieu! Hate to break it to our fair city, but only Georgetown is Georgetown. Charlottesville needs to work on being Charlottesville. And it needs to figure out just what that is.
The Downtown Mall is fast becoming a wonderful place not to shop. When blue or other...

Gee, this is great for our nuanced city. I also see replication of architecture and oohing-aahing in another "world class city" : Las Vegas. Vegas also has Nordstrom's, Versace and lots of other upscale stores.
Here, there is some fixation on things European equating to sophistication. You...

jimi hendrix: You're right. I had forgotten that criticism had been outlawed. I fully apologize and humbly request not to be sent back to the reeducation camp. Criticizing Dave Norris one time was one time too many. I should have learned my lesson.

Ideas to consider for 2012 Tom Tom ( Thom Thom, Dumb Dumb, ... , or some other non-trademarked name for the Festival ):
* plenty of public nudity is always a winner; and when done as art, it creates new ideas of community (a la Spencer Tunick - http://www.spencertunick.com/ )
* occasional public...